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State Educational Agencies in an Uncertain Environment: Understanding State-Provided Networks of English Language Arts Curricular Resources
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Salloum, Serena J.; Hodge, Emily M.; Benko, Susanna L. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2020
Rapid adoption of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), the Race to the Top (RTTT) competition, and backlash around these policies created widespread uncertainty among state educational agencies (SEAs). SEAs may have not had a clear direction about how to support standards implementation in a new context, and therefore, may have looked to their…
Descriptors: State Departments of Education, Instructional Materials, Language Arts, Common Core State Standards
Stay the Course on National Standards
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Petrilli, Michael J. – Education Next, 2020
As an early Common Core booster, Michael Petrilli had hoped that by now--10 years after most states adopted the standards--the nation's schools would have logged tangible improvements in teaching and learning that resulted in higher student achievement. In this article, Petrilli reviews what Common Core is and discusses the work ahead that is…
Descriptors: Common Core State Standards, Academic Standards, Educational Policy, Educational Change
A Decade on, Assessing the Impact of National Standards Has Common Core Failed? Assessing the Impact of National Standards
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Polikoff, Morgan S.; Petrilli, Michael J.; Loveless, Tom – Education Next, 2020
The Common Core State Standards, released in 2010, were rapidly adopted by more than 40 states. Champions maintained that these rigorous standards would transform American education, but the initiative went on to encounter a bumpy path. A decade on, what are we to make of this ambitious effort? What kind of impact, if any, has it had on the…
Descriptors: Common Core State Standards, National Standards, Elementary Secondary Education, Public Schools